JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Mr. I.H. Saikia, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. R. Mazumdar, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 3 being the authorities under the Secondary Education Department, Government of Assam.

2. As per the affidavit of the respondent No. 2, the Director of Secondary Education, Assam, the learned standing counsel for the Department also represents the respondent No. 4.

3. The petitioner has the qualification of BA (Major in Sanskrit) in the year 2007, MA in Sanskrit in the year 2010, Shastri examination in the year 2013 and B.Ed. examination in the year 2010. The petitioner is also duly qualified in the Special TET examination of the year 2016.

4. The regular Sanskrit teacher in the Bangaon Higher Secondary School in the Nalbari district retired from service on 30.9.2016. It is stated that on the retirement of the regular teacher, there was an immediate need of having a Sanskrit Teacher in the school for the interest of students as well as in the public interest. As a regular recruitment in the vacant post was not possible immediately at that relevant point of time, the petitioner who had all the necessary qualifications, as indicated above,